附註:106年科技部補助人文及社會科學研究圖書計畫:藝術學:亞太音樂文化
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-175) and index.
Introduction. Meeting dancers, making stories and meaning making -- Part1: 'Why can't I dance in the streets?' Politics and performance entwine : Hala's story -- Surveillance weaving through body, mind and performance : Mey's story -- Occupation, to occupy and to be occupied : Nadia's story -- Part 2: 'Are these borders making me more creative?' Breaking boundaries and borders of dance : Noora's story -- Freedom inside and outside of dance : Rania's story -- Censorship choreographed, propaganda performed : Dalia El Abd's story -- Part 3: 'I'm a female contemporary dancer ... and by the way, I'm Arab, is that a problem?' The female dancing body in the Arab world : Dalia Naous' story -- Society and the struggles of the dancer : Nadra's story -- Conclusion. Dreaming for the future.
